Price Comparison for Residential Natural Gas Consumers
This document is valid from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016
Part A –Regulated prices if you purchase your natural gas fromNatural Resource Gas Limited
If you purchase your natural gas from Natural Resource Gas Limited, your natural gas prices are set bythe Ontario Energy Board, the independent regulator, and can change every three months (January 1st,April 1st, July 1st and October 1st). The table below shows the natural gas prices that are in effect today.The “Estimated Monthly Gas Supply Cost” shown is for the cost of the natural gas that you use, includingany related transportation and storage costs. You will also have to pay customer charges and charges for delivery to your utility every month, as well as any taxes payable on your total monthly bill. Foran explanation of these charges please visit
This table is based on a residential consumer who uses 2,003 m3 per year.It assumes that usage is the same every month. However, the amount of natural gas you actually use ineach month changes throughout the year. If your actual monthly natural gas use is different, your “Estimated Monthly Gas SupplyCost” will also be different.
Gas Supply / 167 / m3 / X / 15.0229 / ¢ / m3 / = / $ 25.09Estimated Monthly Gas Supply Cost / $ 25.09
Part B – Contract price if you purchase your natural gas from
The information below has been prepared by the natural gas Marketer that gave you this document.It describes the contract price that is being offered to you. The contract price is for the cost of the natural gas that you use. You willalso have to pay customer charges and charges for delivery to your utility every month, as well as anytaxes payable on your total monthly bill.
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Instructions to the natural gasMarketer for completing Part B:
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1.The contract price must be expressed as a total monthly number, identified as “Estimated Monthly Gas SupplyCost”, and must include all amounts payable by the low-volume consumer under the contract with respect to thesupply or delivery of natural gas to the low-volume consumer other than interest, penalties, cancellation fees orcharges and any taxes payable. The total monthly number must be broken down to separately show each elementof the contract price. The total monthly number must be expressed as a dollar amount, calculated using the sameassumptions for the low-volume consumer’s monthly consumption as are used in Part A.
2.The commodity component of the contract price must be expressed per cubic meter of natural gas. Any othercomponent of the contract price that varies based on consumption must also be expressed per cubic meter ofnatural gas. Any other component of the contract price that does not vary based on consumption must be expressedas a fixed amount per month.
3.If the commodity component of the contract price is or is based on a market price, the commodity price shown bythe Marketer must be based on a reasonable forecast of the market price covering a period of at least 6 months.The Marketer must also include a narrative description of the market price and identify that the market price isbased on a forecast and will change over the term of the contract.
4.If any component of the contract price will change over the term of the contract, a separate total monthly number,broken down and identified as described above, must be included that is based on each price. The only exceptionis that separate total monthly numbers are not required to reflect changes in the market price in cases where thecontract price is or is based on a market price. The Marketer must identify in each case when a given contract priceapplies during the term of the contract.
5.Only one contract price offer may be included in Part B. Where a single contract includes more than one offer (inother words, the contract requires the low-volume consumer to select amongst two or more price offers set out inthe contract), separate price comparison documents comprised of Parts A and B must be used for each price offer.Where more than one contract is being offered to a low-volume consumer, separate price comparison documentscomprised of Parts A and B must be used for each contract price offer.
6.All information set out in Part B shall be in Arial 11 font or larger Arial font. Where additional space is required todescribe the Marketer’s offer, additional pages may be used. If additional pages are used, the following text mustappear in the text box in Part B: Offer continues on page(s) x.
7.Marketers may enter a document control number in the form field that appears in the lower right corner of the frontpage. The document control number must be in a font size no larger than Arial 8, and may be numeric, alphabetic,or alpha-numeric but may not include the marketer’s name or a date.
Rev.: March 2016